TO: Housing Authority Commissioners
FROM: Emma Moyer, Interim Executive Director
REPORT BY: Alex Carrasco, Project Manager
SUBJECT: California Human Development Corporation Agreement No. 270072B (NCHA)
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Agreement No. 270072B (NCHA) with California Human Development Corporation for a maximum amount of $1,210,913 for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, for day-to-day operational onsite management of the three Napa County farmworker centers known as the River Ranch, Mondavi, and Calistoga Centers. (Fiscal Impact: $1,210,913 expense; Napa County Housing Authority Fund, Budgeted, Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
California Human Development Corporation (CHDC) is a 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in working with the farmworker population. CHDC has provided onsite management services for the three county-owned farmworker centers (Centers) for 18 years. This agreement ensures lodgers at each of the Napa County operated Farmworker Centers have access to three meals per day (Monday - Saturday) and safe and welcoming affordable housing three-hundred and thirty (330) days per calendar year (statutory maximum). As the property management and services contractor, CHDC's scope of work includes daily grounds inspections, rent collection, preventative maintenance, custodian services, safety inspections, marketing, meal provision and service coordination. The proposed contract includes an increase from prior fiscal year of 5%, reflecting operational increases primarily driven by increases in salaries, fringe benefits, and maintenance supplies.
CHDC will operate to provide 56,430 available bed nights for farm workers across the three centers). The opening and closing schedule is:
Calistoga: Open: 07/01/26 Close: 11/29/26 Reopen: 01/03/27
Mondavi: Open 07/01/26 Close: 11/22/26 Reopen: 12/27/26
River Ranch: Open 07/01/26 Close: 12/27/25 Reopen: 01/31/27
The operating schedule ensures there is alw...
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